Compro Intros VideoMate Analog & Digital TV Product Series

Compro Technology, a leading developer and manufacturer of PC multimedia products announces the latest analog and digital TV product series at Computex Taipei 2005. Including VideoMate H series TV tuner card for real-time hardware MPEG-2 encoding with 3D Y/C separation and Microsoft MCE 2005 system compatible.

Presenting also the VideoMate X series tuner card [picture] for software MPEG-1/2/4 encoding complete with a high-quality silicon tuner and professional 3D Y/C separation chip to provide the very best cost-performance choice for PC TV. Then there is the VideoMate P series cardbus interface digital and analog TV cards which are designed especially to increase notebook user’s ability to watch and record TV shows more easily. And finally the VideoMate Tiny series which are the smallest TV box that provide analog or digital TV reception simply through a pen drive or MP3 player size design box.

Today, multimedia applications on PCs are more and more popular; with the fast growing market of digital entertainment. People need more effective ways to create their own DVD titles to share with others. Therefore Compro’s VideoMate H series TV tuner cards with a built-in hardware MPEG-2 encoding chip enable you to accomplish DVD-quality recording without heavy CPU loading. Moreover, the H series TV card is also equipped with a high-end 3D Y/C separation chip for crystal clear picture recording and video capturing. All including Compro’s exclusive Power Up Technology, with which you can power up your system simply by using the bundled remote control and power up scheduling to automatically boot up your system to record your favorite shows. With the VideoMate H series hardware MPEG-2 TV tuner card, there is no need to upgrade your CPU in order to create high-quality video titles and turn your PC into a professional multimedia center.

The new VideoMate X series with the help of an up-to-date silicon tuner technology to reduce PCB size which fits any standard or barebone system. You can record or capture video in MEPG-1/2/4 formats. Some models also include a built-in the high-end 3D Y/C separation chip, power up scheduling, remote control power on/off, and optional FM stereo radio reception. It’s the best cost saving product without compromising high performance and features for everyone.

For the notebook PC users, the VideoMate P series provides the convenience to watch and record analog or digital TV (through different models) or capture video with your notebook. The cardbus TV card design can simply be plugged into any notebook’s PCMCIA slot to watch and record TV shows, do timeshifting or instantly replay scenes, surf channels, and capture still frames. You can also connect other video devices (DVD, VCR, camcorder? to capture video into MEPG-1/2/4 formats. It’s easy to put into your notebook’s carrying case and take it to anywhere.

The VideoMate Tiny series is the world’s smallest fully functional USB 2.0 TV box with a high-quality silicon tuner, smaller than a credit card, providing such powerful features such as TV watching, recording, timeshifting, video/audio capturing, remote control and supports SAP/NICAM/Stereo without the use of an external power adaptor. It’s available in analog TV and DVB-T versions.